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    EUGENE WEEKLY GV ARD THURSDAY. JULY 1«, 1»<> h
EFFECT permanent
ORGANIZATION AND
WAIT FOR PLATFORN
tlon to adjourn until 7 o'clock this
evening was passed
•*R'H L LDINt.s o|
ixtXt. sight session
Convention Hall !» nver Jul» s
—The galleries were tilled h ug be?
i fore the first of the delegates and a'
I teruaies to the National Democratic
I convention began to make their ap­
pearance.
A great cr. *d of sigh'-
i seers was gathered outside the an
Iditorium.
in the hall the Cowbov
, band, unfatigued by its strenuous
.afternoons work, entertained the as­
sembling delegates and spectators
with a long program of popular selec-
tious.
1
There was a good deal of delay in
finding the report of the credentials
j committee, and Chairman Callahan
| had to leave the hall to look it up
i During the delay there were calls for
■ Hobson, mingled with cries of "no "
I Hobson took the platform in the
| midst of a tumult and made an ap­
peal for a greater navy.
Towne ami Taylor Talk.
“This afternoon.” said Mr. Bell,
, ”1 sent a committee down into the
,| New York delegation to , scort to the
platform Senator Charles A. Towne.”
| That was as far as the chairman was
i allowed to proceed, and Mr. Towne
. took the r strum amid lynch ap­
plause
Mr. Towne kept strictly to
the promise he made at the opening
of the speech, when he said that he
would occupy but little of the time
MARTIN W, LITTLETON.
of the convention. His address was
Brilliant New Yorker who nomi­ brief and he left the platform with
nated Judge Parker four years ago, the distinctly expressed good will of
made a hit in the convention today the convention.
by declaring that New York Demo-
"Taylor, Taylor,” cried many of
rrats would support the platform ! the delegates, remembering the invi­
and the candidates chosen at Den­ tation of the afternoon to the Ten­
ver.
nessee senator.
Mr.. Callahan, of
Massachusetts, chairman of the com­
Convention Hall, Denver, July 9. mittee on credentials, was in the
—Yesterday’s strenuous proceedings aisle clamoring for recognition, when
at the morning session and late ses­ Senator Taylor was escorted down
to the stag.- by a number of his con­
sion last night had a marked effect stituents.
Mr. Taylor retired after
on the delegates today, who were a brief speech, and the chairman an­
alow in reaching their seats.
nounced:
During the wait for Chairman Bell
"Gentlemen of the convention, we
to call the assemblage to order, be­ are now going to get down to hard
fore finally relinquishing .the gavel
work. The committee on credentials
to Congressman Henry D. Clayton, of
is reedy to report. The chair recog­
Alabama, the permanent chairman, nizes Mr. Christopher G.. Callahan,
the cowboy band rendered patriotic chairman of the committee.”
selections, with songs of the South
Mr. Callahan then read the re­
Interspersed from tint" ♦ □ t'me.
port, which was as follows:
At 11:30
Chairman
Bell com­
“In the matter of the contests
menced to hammer for order, but from the states of Idaho. Illinois.
gave up. Anoth- r trial was unsuc­ New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and
cessful, but the third trial had some the District of Columbia your com­
effect, and the chairman announced mittee begs to report that they have
a prayer by Rabbi Samuel Koch, of carefully Investigated each of said
Seattle, Wash.
contests; that hearings have been
Permanent Organization.
given to both the contestants and
Senator McCreary, of Kentucky, contostees in each of said contests,
presented its report of the committee and your committee has endeavored
on permanent organization. It recom­ to ascertain as near as can be all the
mended Representative
Henry
D. facts bearing upon each contest, and
Clayton, of Alabama, for permanent after a careful investigation of the
chairman: Fry Woodson, of Ken­ merits of each contest, recommends
tucky. secretary: John I. Martin, of that In each of the following contests
Missouri, serg"ant-at-arms.
In all
Relocations as named by the na­
other respects the temporarv organ- tional committee be entitled to sea's
iiatlon was mad» permanent.
as tae regularly accredited delegates
Chairman Clayton was escorted to -rl alternates to this convention,
the platform and chee-ed to the echo, namely:
which was redott »led cs he wa-- intro­
The state of Idaho.
duced to the cc ” »ntion by Tempo­
The First, Second, Third, Fourth,
rary Chairman Ball.
Fifth. Six.th, Seventh. Eighth, Ninth
Three little
girls
wearing red. and Tenth districts of Illinois.
white and blue dresses, were helped
The Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth,
to the platform. They carried large Sixth and Seventh districts of the
hunches of American beauties, which sta’e of New York.
they presented to the permanent
The Nineteenth
district of the
chairman amid much cheering, and state of Ohio.
then one by one the children were
The Thirty-second district of the
lifted to the desk of Chairman Clay­ state of Pennsylvania.
ton, who kissed them.
There was
The District of Solumbia.
cheering and laughter over the pret­
Tn the matter of the contest from
ty ceremonv and some one called out the First, Second. Fourth. Fifth and
‘‘Hobson, Hobson.”
Sixth districts of the state of Penn­
Clayton thanked
the convention sylvania we recommend that the
and declared with emphasis:
contestants shall be seated and rec­
"This is Democratic year.”
ognized bv this conv-ntlqn as the on­
H“ then commenced the delivery ly accredited delegates and alternates
of his address, but the heat of the from said districts in the state of
hall and empbati» delivery evidently Pennsylvania, to-wit:
First dis­
fatigued the speaker, still he contin­ trict, Second district, Fourth dis­
ued earnestly to address the dele­ trict, Fifth district. Sixth district.
gates.
In the matter of the contest from
the Ninth district of the state of
< inyton Applauded
Claytor. made a sonorous presen­ Ohio, your committee recommends
tation of the party's aspirations and that the following be seated in {his
a severe arraignment of President convention as the accredited dele­
Roosevelt. Frequent demonstrations gates from said district: E. A. Pow­
°f wild enthusiasm came from the ers. Dr. William Walls.
When Callahan read the decision
listening thousands, suggestions of
the name of Mryan being an unfailing against Gujfey- there were a few
hisses and some applause.
signal for a tumultuous clamor.
In the matter of the two lists of
Loud cheers of apQroval greeted
the chairman as he concluded his ad­ the committee on appointments from
dress While the demonstration was
In progress the Jefferson Club of
®t- Louis marched into the hall and
Pnraded the aisles, bearing a large
banner inscribed:
"David B. Fran­
ks for vice president.”
It created
much enthusiasm.
Littleton Makes Hit.
Pending word from the resolutions
committee addresses were made by I
Raymond Robbins, of Chicago, and '
■*rtln W. Littleton, of New York
’ho four years ago placed Alton B
On
rvne r
it Dr
J. C OAHLMAN.
cowboy mayor
launch Bryan s
Pennsylv vanta
that in view
ions the listi I be rr
deHgatic nnn for fu
The ti< «nial mo? Io
F rank 8. KATZENBACH. JK
the rec
lowed b
D»niwrï tic candidate for gnver.rr Strauss,
Marvin
•t the
' élection, and a possible minority r *oort, w
that cont«
r vice president.
cji.oed be ?*ept»-il
rfeejeratfon ftot 1
jority committee
blow at the deme
stat*1 (Cheers.»
After gome p
hlch many New York
Callihan was r cognized for an >pe
'¡bed.
Charles F. Mu
debate for the majority
He d«* ar
1 quietly in his seat,
that Guffey, had formed an ab.anc
reading the list of the
with the Republican machine at rni
c mmtttee members a
I
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
BY ACCLAMATION
♦
Denver. July 10—The drift
♦
Kern for vice i
♦ ¿to John \\
♦ president was so rapid that
♦ other candidates withdraw as
♦ the roll of states was called,
man was i
♦ and the Indiana
♦ nominated by acclamation.
♦
♦
♦
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
.I
»
adelphla to smother Democratic votes
and "when we have considered all ev­
idence it is impossible to shape any
other conclusion hut that the rea*
democracy uf Philadelphia has beer,
kept at noma by an allance of one el­
ement of democracy v. ith t. t- dom­
inant Republican machine of that
city"
Majority Re|e>rt I» AilojUe»!.
The first speaker fcr the minority
report was Strauss,
lie a-*ke;l that
a substitution of the minority report +
for tae majority report b- made on +
the grouiiu that the majority r? >rt +
»le *
wp i an aita k upon f.- * in ' '
gn ♦
rights of Democrats of a SOV"
♦
state.
+
’ John D. Bellaray/pne cl f
eri of the minority repqr
♦
+
forth a storm of d'sappr
he asserted that
Republicans - who ♦
. 1 » *
right to have their vot s counted as ♦
Democrats.
Bellamy explained that +
the Democratic party was ready to +
open its door» to any one who desired «•
There was +
to adopt Its principles.
.
some applause at this and the speak­ +
rr soon brought his remarks to a <•
BRYAN WANTS
ell. of Oklahoma,
jority, and dlscus-
Bellamy’a conten­
that Bellamy, un-
lent, mliht as well
I as a delegate to
entli n.
Governor
the Ch
Pennsylvania con-
Haskell
tools
of
the
Stand-
testers
Roll call on the
ard Oil
in a vote of 387
quest lot
a. The annuunce-
ayes an
wlth great cheer-
ment w
The majority report an then
Ing
ed by viva voce vote. In a few
adjourned
rl’’it‘s th* conventl,
until tomorrow morning
♦
♦
+
4*
e
♦
♦
ernor John A. Johnson, 46; Judge
George Gray, 59
absent or not
voting, •; total. 1006.
The announcement of the result
was the signal for a wild demonstra­
tion. equalling In turbulence, if not
duration, the record-breaking display
which Wednesday afternoon greeted
I the first mention of ~
Hryan's name
in the convention.
The vote was made unanimous and 1
by acclamation.
♦
During the taking
of the v6ft> I
♦ ' there was breathless Interest as state
♦ after
state swelled
the
Bryan
♦ ' strength.
When
New
York was
♦ rearhed
Chairman
Murphy's
an-
♦ noiin'-<-rnent of "76 votes for Brvan”
♦ ' brought out a burst of enthusiasm
♦ which for a time compelled a sus-
♦ pension of the roll call,
Pennsylva-
♦ nia. after a sharp dfsa
igreement in
♦ the delegation, divided Its vote,
♦
An adjournment was had at 3:50
♦ this morning until 1 p.
|
m., after
♦ a continuous session of right hours,
♦ Ther
were wild scenes as the dele- -
♦ gat*» and spectators left the hall to I
♦ the resounding
chorus of "Bryan.;
♦ Bryan, Bryan.”
♦
The nomination of a Vic» presl-
♦ lent will occur this afternoon.
♦
Alabama, the first state on the rollj
♦ call, yielded to Nebraska, and Igna­
♦ tius Dunn, of Omaha, put in nomina­
tion the famous commoner. Dunn's
speech was an earnest one, and that
h» had a sympathetic audience was'
soon demonstrated by the applause, I
an J as h« closed tils address there1
wss a tremendous burst of enthusi­
asm lasting upward of 45 minutes
i
The nomination of Johnson also:
nr»' pl ated
»
demonstration, the
Mlnne» ta dele gallon being the storm
.centre
Gray’s nomination
also received
I voeffer =ua applause, but the demon-1
ttratf >ns for Johnson and Gray paled
w hen compared with that for Bryan.
Denver. July 10.
After the ter­
rific si rain of an all-night session a
majority of the delegates slept lata
today.
There were several lightly
| attended conferences in regard to the
I vice presidency, but nothing tangl-
j hie had apparently developed. Most
important of these gatherings were
in the rooms of Charles Bryan, broth-
,1'r of the ui mtueer but at Its eom’lu-
| sion Bryan slated-, so far as he knew,
the re had been no »onecntratlon on
any particular candidate.
lie add­
ed that h» was absolutely wtthodt ad-
I vices ot\ any kind from Lincoln, and
I l hat hi' would not even venture a pre-
'diction regarding the outcome of the
I <fiM presalential Situation.
The name of Gray hail been fre-
|quently mentioned, but it is feared1
■ that liA would not ac< »pi
Friends of-John W Kern, of In­
diana, are very active.
Governor Folk, of Missouri, said
he would not permit his nume to be
I presented.
Ex-Senator James Smith, of New
Jersey, expressed the opinion of a
large number of delegates when he
declared:
"Bryan will
name
his running
1
mate, and he should name hlm.
think about the vice presidency Just
as I did about the platform that Is,
that Bryan should be Consulted and
his wishes respected.”
Among others mentioned
were
Charles A. Towne, Martin W. Lit­
tleton and Lewis Nixon of New York;
Drift Toward Keru.
At 12:15, after numerous confer­
ences. it la evident that Kern is galn-
Inw ground more rapidly than any
other candidate for vice president.
Givtherilig Slowly,
Ag 1 o’clock not one-fourth of the
delegates were In their seats.
The
Texans have a banner ready to spring
“Texas is for Fray"
and
Gray’s
friends say they will do their best
to make him accept the nomination.
1:51
p.
m
Nominations have
commenced and speeches are limit­
ed to ten minutes. The call of states
began at 1:53.
Alabama yielded to Indiana, and
at 1:56 Marshall, of Indiana, named
J. W. Kern for vice president.
2:05 p. m.— Indiana cheers Kern
and South Dakota Joins in.
2:07 p. m
Arkansas presents no
candidate, but favors Kern,
2:10 p. m. Governor Thbmas, of
Colorado, ■ presents the name of
Charles A. Toyrne. J. J. Walsh, of
Connecticut, presents the name of
Archibald McNeil.
Hill, of Georgia, presents the name
of Clark Howell.
'
2:30 p. n>. Governor Folk, of
Missouri, takes the platform to sec­
ond the nomination of Kern.
2:31 p. m.
New York announces
It will present no name for the vice
presidency. The band plays "On the
Banks of the Wabash” amid cheers,
2:40 p. m.— Fred Kern, of Illi­
nois, mentions Mitchell's name.
He
says at the latter's request he will
not name Mitchell.
2:48 p. m.
Heflin, of Alabama,
seconds Kern.
2:49 p. m.—Kern, of Illinois, sec-
onds the nomination of Kern, of In-
diana.
2:58 p. m.—Ollie James, of Ken-
tucky. seconds Kern.
3:01 p.’m - State Senator Lee, of
Maryland, seconds Towne.
3:02
p.
m
Michigan seconds
Kern.
3:05 p.m.
Minnesota seconds Mc­
Neil.
OF PRESIDENCY
Fairview. July 10.—The
foil -wing
stat.-ment
was
mado Ly Mr. Bryan when he
r tived the anuouuceiiMtnt of
l.a nomination:
“The presidency Is the
highest, cffl< tai position In the
world and no one occupying
It can afford
to have his
views on public questions bi­
ased by
personal ambition.
Recognizing his reap-nslbll-
Ity to God and his obligation
to hfs countrymen, he should
endeavor to discharge his du-
tles with a »ingleness of pur­
pose. Believing one ran best
do this when not planning a
second term. I announce now,
as 1 have on fpnnor occasions,
that If elected I shall not be a
candidate for re-election
“This nomination Is plain­
ly from the pc'ople, and my
obligation will be purely to
the people. I appreciate the
honor more because It came
not from one person, or from
a few persons, but from the
rank 8nd glle, acting freely
and without compulsion.”
♦
♦
♦
♦
*
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ *
B1YAN CARRIED ALL BE­
FORE HIM AT CONVENTION
de nr y of the 1’1. tted States ar J: V
th H morning am Id ik-ere» of frr
Th e remili came aftei
enth HPfxim.
An iill-n
t ■ A4 itoa. »nd th’ nom
ioatl on came on the first ballo f th*
Bryan, 892
, Gov-
vote ■Unding
JOHN
Towne Withdraws
p. m
The chair recognized
s A. Towne, who took (he ros-
thanked his friends and re­
them from further obligation
behalf.
Howell li a Out
3:31 p m.—HUI, of Georgia wlrh-
draws Clark Howell ’s name and sec-
onds Kern. I'tah seconds Kern.
3:50 p. m .—Wade, of Iowa, sec-
onds Kern.
3: 39 p. m.- J. Hoge Tyler, of Vlr-
g'nfa. takes the | platf.irm to preseut
the name of W. G. Conrad, of Mon­
tana, but the latt ter declined and Ty-
ler rcconded the nomination of Kern.
3:40 p. in. Governor Haskell, of
Oklahoma, seconds the nomination
of Kern
3:45 p. m.- -Governor Higgins, cf
Rhode Island, seconds the nomina-
tlon of Kern.
3: 4 rt p. in.
John
J
I.entz, of
Ohio, seconds Kern, as did West Vir­
ginie Washington and Wiseonsin.
3:50 p.m.- George Fred Williams,
of Massacliust tta, takes the rostrum
and seconds Kerij.
3:55
p.
m. I.ouslana. seconds
Kern
3'56 p. m s Oregon seconds Kern.
Montana seconds Kern.
Former Senator Smith, of New
Jersey, asks that the nomination for
vice president be made by acclama-
tloti
4 i'l p m
Daniel F-. Cohalan. of
New York, takes the rostrum and
second« Kern.
1 "I
’>
m
Connecticut with­
draws McNeil and aslts. that Kern
bo nominated by acclamation.
4:05 p. m -Nebraska seconds
Kern.
The nomination was made by ac­
clamation and the convention ad­
journed sine die.
WATSON ATTACKS
PLUTOCRACY'S RULE
Atlanta. Ga... July 10.—Thomas
E. Watson, candidate of the People's
party for president, was'formally no­
tified of his nomination by the com­
mittee at a largely attended meeting
of populists in this city today. The
notification speech
was
by Judge
Forest, of Albany, N. Y.
Watson
delivered a lengthy reply In which he
reviewed the work and ambitions of
his party. His feldress was devoted
largely to encroachments of wealth
upon the liberties of the people, com­
paring present conditions with those
of Rome and other empires of his­
tory preceding their fall.
“Suppose you compare the plu-
tocracy of Rome to that of these
United States. J. P. .Morgan has more
money Invested in art treasures alone
than the richest of all the Romans
was worth. Tha summer cottage’ of
Cornelius Vanderbilt costs »3.000,-
000, to say nothing of the land and
furnishings.
John 1). Rockefeller’s
yearly income is greater than was the
entire fortune of the hlchest Roman.
From one little railroad, the Central,
of Georgia, J. P. Morgan and a choice
assortment of participating thieves,
■tote a larger
sum
than Caesar
The
wrung from conquered Gaul,
victorious Sylla astonished historians
by levying a fine of 125,000,000 up­
on the rich cities of Greece. The Su­
gar trust levied an annual fine of
twice that amount upon this repub­
lic a few years ago, to recoup Itself
for a contribution of »500,000 which
It had made to the campaign fund of
the Democratic party.
By judicious
use of Its contributions with both
the old parties, the steel trust gets
the privilege to so arrange the tar­
iff schedules as to extort net prof­
its every year ten times larger than
the entlrtArevenue of the Roman re­
public.
“Antlouftv was shocked when Cle­
opatra dissolved and drank a pearl
valued at »400,000. Historians em­
phasize the scandalous luxury of Lu-
cullus, who spent ,85110 on a feast.
When one of our grand American
millionaires throws open the ball
room for a night of revelry, the flo-
rnl d-'coratlons alone cost more than
the feast of Lucnllus.
And when
one of our Cleopatra» Is fascinated
bv some Roman Marc Antony. Eng­
lish duke,
Italian
prince, French
W. KERN.
Mississippi
Missouri
P
New
seconds
— Nevada seconds
Hampshire seconds
THOMAS E. WATSON.
12 p m
Hildreth, of NoYth
Hungarian sneeze-weed, she
>18 seconds Kern.
thing >f spending from one
p. tn— Ohio seconds Kern
illllon
dollars
upon the
His non ülnation on the first ball t Is
n Ul’opatra’s
case
the
Lincoln Celebrate«
now pract tlcally certain, probably by
merely » casual product of
act lari at l< un.
the modern Instance every
» : 17 p. m. I Pennsylvania seconds
'• h "’n, Jelv to
In honor of th»
t goes abroad to pay for
h' "»Instlon of Bryan the citizens of Kern.
|o« »nd minister to the dr-
’•IH p.
Lincoln united in a noisy demonstra­
ne’ltrs of aristocratic de-
tion th'- morning.
It was purely Kern.
banches. Is the product of the Amer­
3:1» p. m.—Former Congressman I ican laborers’ toil.”
non-partisan in character.
»
Rs. Panl, July 10 Governor J<
n w 1'1 support Bryan fi r the p
, sc b» a"P'**mrod today.
Today Mr, Raunn has
barrels of water to t
which to cool the at
hopes to get them a
soon.
♦
♦
+
♦
♦
♦
+
♦
♦
♦
seconds Kern.
Irving Handy, of Del-
telegram from Judge
to permit the presen-